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Lightscribe Writer - Aftermarket or OEM to install
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:04 am
by crashnburn
Is it possible to install an OEM / Aftermarket drive that has Lightscribe (or similar printing technology) in a thinkpad T6x or T4x series machine?
Thoughts?
Ideas?
Direction?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:05 am
by DAH
Well there is the
Lenovo USB 2.0 Super Multi-Burner Drive with LightScribe Guess it depends on how you define in...
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:14 am
by NathanA
I'm pretty sure that there are no 9.5mm LightScribe drives being manufactured by anybody...yet.
-- Nathan
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:18 am
by Alexander Heß
Well, there is at least one:
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7913A
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:39 am
by crashnburn
So this could be installed in any T4x/T6x swappable drive bay?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:00 pm
by Pascal_TTH
[censored] cheap ! 65 €... It must fit. It's a super slim drive (9,5 mm).
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:08 pm
by NathanA
Huh, interesting and good find, although I should point out that the above linked drive is not LightScribe but Labelflash, a competing standard by Sony/NEC that apparently only Fuji is manufacturing media for at the current time, so the costs for blanks are way higher than LightScribe blanks.
You can see
this TomsHardware article for more information.
-- Nathan
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:06 am
by crashnburn
NathanA wrote:Huh, interesting and good find, although I should point out that the above linked drive is not LightScribe but Labelflash, a competing standard by Sony/NEC that apparently only Fuji is manufacturing media for at the current time, so the costs for blanks are way higher than LightScribe blanks.
You can see
this TomsHardware article for more information.
-- Nathan
Thanks Nathan. Did that googling, found Toms and a couple of other reviews. I'll hold off until these "fancy" techs stabilize or I have an urge to create PRETTY discs.